Curtain and shade hanger



will 9 WW0 F. P. RUBERTH ET AL CURTAIN AND SHADE HANGER 4 Filed NOV. 5, 1934 Patented Apr. 7, 1936 STATES 2,036,888 CURTAIN AND SHADE HANGER Mass.

Application November 5, 1934, Serial No. 751,460

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a hanger for supporting curtains, drapes, shades, etc.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a hanger or bracket of simple construction for supporting various articles in front of a window, door or the like, in which the various supports will be in one piece formed from a single piece of sheet metal; to provide a construction in which the bracket or hanger can be made inexpensively and simply merely by cutting and bending; to provide a convenient construction extending from the base of the hanger for supporting the drape rod across the window or a pivoted drape bracket at each side of the window and to provide simple means for preventing the supporting hanger from swinging, if the screw holding it becomes loosened.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one upper corner of a window casing showing a preferred embodiment of this invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the hangers by itself;

Fig. 3 is a similar perspective view of the same hanger with the swinging drape bracket thereon, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a part of the opposite hanger showing the shade support.

This invention is designed in a form in which the hanger I0 is of a single piece of sheet metal having various means thereon for supporting the several articles mentioned therein, all integral with the hanger. This hanger comprises a flat plate or back constituting the main part of the hanger and adapted to be fastened up against the casing of the window or other flat vertical surface.

For the purpose of holding it in position it is provided with a keyhole slot H and also with a vertical slot H. from which a vertical rod I3 is bent down and out to support the rod [4 for the glass curtains. The slot l2 extends above the top of the Vertical rod 13, to provide a slot out of the way of that rod for the insertion of a screw llli mainly for keeping the hanger ID from swinging about the axis of the screw inserted in the keyhole slot II.

The keyhole slot H is provided so that a screw can be screwed into the woodwork. When it is desired to remove the hanger this screw is simply loosened and also the screw 15 and the hanger raised slightly and then it can be detached from the first screw on account of the enlarged opening below. The screw l5 has to be removed. If a new party moves in and uses these hangers he locates them by the screws in the keyhole slots l l.

The metal of which the hanger It! is made is 5 bent down along the horizontal line it to form a horizontal arm I! near the top of the hanger. The arm is bent down at the end to form a vertical flange l8. From the bottom of the hanger it), directly under the arm IT, is a similar arm 59 bent forwardly along the horizontal line 28. This arm I9 is curved and forms a strut for the arm ll. It is welded or soldered to the bottom of the flange I8 and extends beyond that to provide a vertical flange 22 spaced from the flange l8. This space constitutes a socket for holding one end of a rod 23 for the outer drapes. The arms H and [9 are provided with perforations 2t and 25 in vertical alignment with each other for receiving a Vertical rod 26 integral with a horizontal swinging bracket 21 for drapes to be used when the rod 23 is not used. This furnishes a pivotal support for one of these brackets 27 on each side of the window.

The whole structure comprising the arms I! and I9 thus serves two purposes. The arm l9 slants upwardly and is firmly secured as stated to the bottom of the flange it. Both arms I? and I9 are integral with the back or hanger it. Therefore, the triangle formed of the arms Ill and IQ of the hanger constitutes a strong, rigid construction capable of supporting, at a distance from the back II], the drapes and rods on which they are carried. These rods and brackets are easily mounted and dismounted and therefore this part of the device constitutes a very convenient means for supporting them.

Of course, it will be understood that there is a second hanger or back 30 at the other end of. the casing constructed in all respects like the one just described except that the parts are left handed with respect thereto and the shade roller supports are formed in a very simple way. On the back H! a roller support 32 is bent into a vertical plane at right angles to the back and is provided with a slot 33 for one of the studs of the shade roller. On the hanger 35 in a similar way a support 3 1 is bent outwardly parallel with the support 32 and having a round perforation 35 for the other stud of the shade roller, the slot 33 being rectangular for the usual purpose.

It will be seen that each one of these brackets is made of a single piece of metal, all the parts being bent from it in such shape and position as to perform its functions properly, that the manufacture of the bracket is very simple, and that the part of it formed of the parts I! and I9 is given the necessary strength for supporting its load at a material distance from the hanger itself from which it is supported.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, we do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claim, but what we claim is:

As an article of manufacture, a curtain and shade hanger comprising a flat sheet metal plate adapted to be attached to a wall, an integral arm extending outwardly from near the top of 

